Deception Pass Bridge, Washington, circa 1935

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A black-and-white view of the Deception Pass Bridge spanning a rocky strait, with a small rocky island in the foreground and forested shores on either side. The steel truss carries the roadway high above the water between Whidbey Island and Fidalgo Island. The bridge opened in 1935 as a Depression-era public works project, built to replace the ferry crossing between the two islands on the route that became Washington State Route 20. George Vancouver named the narrow passage in 1792, and its swift tidal currents run through the channel below.